The purpose of this webpage is to help commissioners and providers with the implementation of "Maternity Matters" through the sharing of documents and examples of good practice. Please send contributions to this webpage to judith.livesley@easterndc.org.uk
Resources
A generic template for a service specification plus guidance on producing a maternity services specification.
News
NHS Peterborough has an active programme for promoting and supporting breastfeeding. There are 5 Baby Cafes with a further 3 planned. In addition, 9 peer breastfeeding supporters have been trained and a further 26 will complete their training by the end of January 2009. Of the 26 new peer supporters, 10 are from the local BME population. Read their leafet that promotes breastfeeding and the work of the peer supporters.
For more information on the NHS Peterborough initiatives, please contact Roberta Roulstone, Breastfeeding Coordinator (roberta.roulstone@peterboroughpct.nhs.uk)
Presentations from past events
13 March 2009 - Maternity Matters Update
Department of Health’s “Maternity Matters’ policy document published in April 2007. By the end of 2009, all women should have choice around the type of care that they receive, together with improved access to services and continuity of midwifery care and support.
This event was aimed at providing an update on where we are, both nationally and in the East of England, and gave an opportunity to showcase some of the examples of good practice from around our region.
View the flyer for the day, the East of England report on good practice and presentations from the day:
- DH Maternity Matters National Update - Jane Verity, Head of Maternity, First Years and Families, DH
- Maternity and Newborn Clinical Programme Board - Boon Lim, Clinical Chair, Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Programme Board and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Hinchingbrooke NHS Trust.
- Maternity Matters - Workforce issues - Kathy Branson, Head of Education and Development, NHS of East of England
- Quality Metrics for Maternity Services - Joy Kirby, Local Supervising Authority, Midwifery Officer, East of England
- Quality Accounts: Stakeholder Engagement - Susan Osborne CBE, Chief Nurse, NHS East of England
- Maternity Matters Implementation in Cambridgeshire - Bob Dawson, Lead Commissioner Children, Young People and Maternity, NHS Cambridgeshire
- Outreach to vulnerable users – Rachel Bennett, Young Parents Programme and Romsey Children’s Centre Manager
- Effective MSLC Working: What the Cambridge MSLC is doing to achieve this - Sue Allen-Mills Chair, MSLC Cambridge